Blog category: Military Claims

The British Army has been criticised for its use of social media recruitment campaigns to target 16-year-olds receiving their GCSE results. The charity Child Soldier International have revealed that the MoD used paid-for Facebook adverts to suggest…

I often have to represent service personnel who suffer with mental health problems. They are two times more likely to experience a common mental health problem than civilians. Sometimes this is because of events they have experienced…

In January the British Army came under direct criticism for being too politically correct. Not an accusation that you might have expected. A new recruitment campaign was launched, not under the traditional banner of: ‘be the best’,…

Earlier this month the former Foreign Office minister Sir Henry Bellingham led a lively debate in parliament concerning historic allegations against veterans. Sir Bellingham has said previously that it is appalling former soldiers are “being hounded like…

For the fifth year running, Blesma week is currently taking place across the UK from the 28th May until the 3rd June 2018 to raise vital funds for Blesma, a charity which supports serving members of the…

On 4th April my colleague, Charlotte Jose, and I were raising money for BLESMA at Canary Wharf Station. We joined a team of 5 other enthusiastic BLESMA staff members and volunteers for two busy hours. We have…

News of the tragic death of a British soldier, Lance Corporal George Partridge, following a diving accident during the final week of an Army training course, comes just weeks after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) released its…

A freedom of information request by Child Soldiers International has revealed that between January 2014 and August 2017, there were 50 cases of alleged violent behaviour made against staff at the Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate,…

A trial involving allegations of bullying against 16 army instructors has collapsed. Twenty-eight soldiers aged 16 and 17 had claimed they were abused and assaulted by instructors at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate over a nine-day…

There has been a lot of speculation in recent months over cuts to the MOD’s budget. Figures indicate that squeezed funds have left barely enough equipment to properly equip 40,000 soldiers, less than half of the Army’s…

Combat Stress and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have announced a new partnership to provide an out-of-hours mental health helpline to service personnel. The charity, Combat Stress, was founded in May 1919 and provides support to former…

Most individuals who decide to join the UK Armed Forces to “serve Queen and Country” know that it is an extremely risky undertaking. The risk of untimely death or serious life-changing injury when posted on operational tour…

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has apologised to the family of Private Philip Hewett, a young soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He was travelling in a lightly armoured Snatch Land Rover at the time….

For those service personnel that have been medically discharged, the transition from military to civilian life can be a daunting prospect. Whether the injury is physical or psychological, the need for some form of rehabilitation or ongoing…